“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” Alexander the Great Three events recently have had me thinking about excellent teachers. The first event was the Anderson County Teacher of the Year banquet. It was so exciting to be with teachers who are being recognized as being top-notch, and to see the videos each school made to honor their Teacher of the Year. We truly have some magnificent teachers in Anderson County. The speaker at the banquet was Alan Williams of WVLT. He said that the greatest teacher he ever had was his father, who was a university professor. Over the years many people have told Alan Williams what a brilliant teacher his father was, and he also was a wonderful father, unlike Alexander’s father, Philip. (Alexander felt he had to go into exile when his father married Cleopatra, a much younger woman who might produce another heir and would want Alex-ander killed. A few years later Philip was assassinated and Alexander inher-ited the throne.) The second event is an essay contest, “Why I am Thankful for My Teacher.” My English teacher has shared some of the entries with me and it is wonder-ful to hear from students how an educator has touched them positively. I am so blessed to work with educators who care deeply about their students and want to help them succeed. I had to grin - one student wrote of our coun-selor, "I have never seen anyone so hell-bent on helping students succeed" - not exactly your typical tribute but you get the idea. I am sure that all our Zeta sisters would have wonderful tributes from some of their students, too. Not all educators are as famous as Alexander’s teacher, Aristotle, but we all have a very important job. The third event is our upcoming initiation. We are so happy to welcome three outstanding women educators to Zeta! Leigh Anna McCann, Joanna Merritt, and Whitney Schmidt, we are glad to have you join us! We will be initiating these new members at Trinity United Methodist Church on April 27. Be sure to be on time because we will start promptly at 5:00. After initiation we will en-joy a delicious dinner, and I am really looking forward to hearing Robin God-dard. President’s message is continued on page 5.

APRIL PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

DELTA KAPPA

GAMMA

INTERNATIONAL

XI STATE

VOLUMN XII

NUMBER 8

Inside this issue:

Page 1

President’s Message, Officers

Page 2

April Meeting, Calen-

dar, Newsletter,

Reminder, Spot light

Page 3

Concerns, Yearbook,

Birthdays, Awards,

Page 4

Legislation, Web site,

Biographical Informa-

tion Form, Mystery

Members, Congratula-

tion, Urgent Request,

Prospective New Mem-

bers

Page 5

President message con-

tinued, New initiates,

Xi State Covention

2014-2016 Officers

President

Dr. Tricia Jones

1st President

Myra Sowder

2nd President

Alice Carson

Recording Secretary

Shelley Walker

Corresponding Sec.

Robin Jarman

Treasurer

Kelly Reed

Parliamentarian

Janice Walker

ZETA NEWS

CALENDAR Page 2

If you make a dinner reserva-

tions and can not attend, you

will need to pay for the meal.

Due to a tight budget, we need

to pay for the meal with in a

week of missing the meeting.

Thanks

REMINDER

04/27/15 Initiation Trinity United Methodist Church

05/18/15

We will wrap up Zeta's year on May 18 at Puleo's at Strawberry Plains. Kitty Pruett and Tracy Cagle will present the program about their trip to Hawaii.

05/16/15 Children’s Reading Festival World’s Fair Park

06/4-6/15 Xi State – Sewanee

07/14-18/15 Southeast Regional at Westin Hotel in Savan-

nah, GA

07/5-9/16 DKG International Convention, Gaylord Opry-

land Resort and Convention Center, Nashville

.

SPOTLIGHT ON AN EDUCATOR:

At our January Zeta meeting, Robin Jarman, a science

teacher at Powell High, was the winner of the drawing to be

spotlighted for the second semester. Listed below is her "Wish

List" of items that she can use in her classroom. Members may

bring items for Robin to our meetings for the remainder of the

school year.

* Copy paper

*Colored pencils

*Glue sticks

*Scissors (adult- size)

*1 or 2 large Rubbermaid totes w/ lids

*College-ruled paper

*Hot glue sticks (skinny ones)

*Masking/ painters tape

*Duct tape

*Pipe cleaners

*Any craft supplies that could be used for making sea

creatures

*Dark blue streamers

APRIL MEETING

Articles, information etc.

needed for future newslet-

ters. Please submit to

Connie Silvey at

cfsilvey@bellsouth.net by the

10th of each month.

Date: April 27

Time: 5:00

Place: Trinity United Methodist

Church.

Cost: $15.00

Program: This month's joint meet-ing will be on April 27 at Trinity United Methodist Church. The initiation ceremony will be at 5:00, followed by dinner at 5:30 and the presentation by Robin Goddard about her experiences as a child with the Walker sisters of Little Green Brier in the Smokies.

Keep in our thoughts and prayers:

Judy Fleenor (mother)

Trish Groves

Connie Silvey (mother)

Bonnie Burnette

Linnie McMillian

Tricia Jones (mother)

Micky Perry

Sara Key (husband)

Kitty Pruett

Zeta Phone List

Send changes in telephone, cell, work num-

bers to Connie Silvey

cfsilvey@bellsouth.net

Yearbook

Please send yearbook correc-

tions to:

Alice Carson

alice.carson@knoxschools.org

1223 Hearthstone Lane

Knoxville, TN 37923

Awards

Remember if you have re-

ceived an award this past

Page 3

Concerns

April

Janice Walker 8

Tracy Van de Vate 8

Darlene Vickers 12

May

Shelley Walker 7

Connie Silvey 16

Sara Key 19

Joyce Condry 20

Myra Sowder 26

June

Tricia Jones 2

Linnie McMillan 2

Martha McCluen 8

Jody Mueller 10

Becky Gentry 20

Trish Groves 22

Tracy Cagle 25

Kaye Williams 25

Shirley Wolfe 25

Gloria Kitzke 30

Claudia Lineberger 30

Susan Martin July 31

Legislation

Lamar Alexander: alexander.senate.gov

Bob Corker: corker.senate.gov

John Duncan: Duncan.house.gov

Board of Education

Terri Coatney, Executive Assistant:

Terri.coatney@knoxschools.org

Chair - Mike McMillan

Mmillan.kcboard@gmail.com

Knox Co Commission

Commission@knoxcounty.org

Chair - Brad Anders :

brad.anders@knoxcounty.org

_____________________________

Check out Zeta’s Web site

http://dkgxizeta.weebly.com/

Urgent Request

EVERYONE needs to complete this Bio-graphical Data Sheet and bring to our April meeting even if they have done so in past years. All Member Biographical Information Sheets will be kept and put in a binder and given back to you periodically so you won't have to do the entire sheet next year. Thank you for your help with this very important task.

COOKBOOK RECIPES NEEDED Myra Sowder is working on the collection of recipes from Zeta members, but she needs to hear from you. Please choose two or three of your favorite recipes and send them to Myra by April 27. Myra Sowder, 8045 Majors Rd., Corryton, TN 37721 kids1teach@aol.com

Mystery Members (4 Truths and 1 Lie) MM No, 1: 1. Walked on a glacier in Alaska 2. Rode a camel to the Pyramids of Giza 3. Saw the Grand Canyon from a helicopter. 4. Went parasailing in the Bahamas 5. Toured my ancestral lowlands of Scotland MM No. 2: 1. Taught 37 years 2. Traveled 5 years over most of the states 3. Love my church family (member for 50 years) 4. My family consists of my husband, one son, two grandsons, one great-granddaughter 5. Would love to be 39 and holding MM No. 3: 1. Retired 2. CB handle is "Ski Queen" 3. Enjoys sewing 4. Possibly moving to Florida 5. Loves to hike and camp

Page 4

President’s message continued from page 1 I greatly enjoyed having the Zeta meeting at ACCTC last month. Thank you so much for com-ing, and the generous donation to Pam Wilson's culinary arts program. She has worked ex-tremely hard to get this program going, and I am so proud of the students and all their hard work. They served almost 400 people at the ACS Teacher of the Year banquet, and it was de-lightful! I wish you all could have seen Robin Jarman's face when I showed her all the materials you had donated for her class. She was delighted! I am thrilled with Zeta’s response to our Spotlight on an Educator this year. A recent email from Sandra Pineault, Xi State Communications and Publicity Committee Chair-

man, said, "Congratulations! Your chapter has received the Highest Award for Communications

and Publicity. Your chapter newsletters have been outstanding. You have submitted articles/

pictures to the Xi State News. The members of the committee have found your chapter to be

exemplary in communicating with your chapter members and publicizing your chapter members

and activities." Many thanks to Connie for putting together our superb newsletter and to all who

have contributed to the newsletter or sent articles and pictures to both the Xi State News and

the News Sentinel. In addition, I have not heard officially, but I am sure we also will be receiving

the Maycie Award for Chapter Excellence. We earned 324 points, far more than the 275 points

necessary for the Gold Award! It is fun to see our excellence recognized!

Tricia

WELCOME INITIATES

Zeta chapter is pleased to welcome three educators to Delta Kappa Gamma. The initiation ceremony will take place prior to dinner at 5:00 P.M. on April 27 at Trinity. The initiates are Leigh Anna McCann, a math teacher at Carter Middle School; Joanna Merritt, a social studies teacher at Carter Middle School; and Whitney Schmidt, an English teacher at Oak Ridge High School. We look forward to getting to know these ladies as they become active members of our chapter.

Xi State Convention

June 4—6

University of the South, Sewanee, TN

I have reserved 3 rooms at Sewanee Inn with 2 Queen size beds for 2 nights + tax + AAA dis-

mount = $353.64 I have going Martha McCluen, Wynona Dye, Tricia Jones, June Gorski,

Connie Silvey, Kaye Williams and Myra Sowder. Is anyone else planning on going? Register

by May 1. Sign up for Thursday night reception, Awards Luncheon and President Banquet on

Friday